Shelem is the mount, traditionally placed in Mesopotamia, where the brother of Jared2 made sixteen small stones from molten rock. The Jaredites named it Shelem because of its great height. The stones were white and clear, like transparent glass. The brother of Jared2 carried them to the top of the mount and asked the Lord to touch them so they would shine and give light in the vessels as the people crossed the sea (Ether 3:1, 3:4). There on Mount Shelem, the Lord stretched forth his hand and touched the stones one by one with his finger, and the veil was taken from the eyes of the brother of Jared so that he saw the finger of the Lord (Ether 3:6). The Lord then showed himself fully to the brother of Jared, declaring that because he knew these things he was “brought back into my presence” (Ether 3:13). Mount Shelem is thus the site of one of the most explicit theophanies in the Book of Mormon.